INDUSTRY NEWS LETTERBOX
Clearing Romney’s Record Although I appreciate the cover-
age and picture in the July 2012 issue of Modern Casting (Shakeout, p. 56), specific details should be properly corrected for the record. Governor Romney arrived on a bus,
to and from our facility. I never stated he sped away in an SUV. For security reasons, the secret service had Governor Romney and I travel approximately 100 yards in an SUV from our foundry tour to our machine shop (all on our property and where the event took place). We travelled the 100 yards at about 5 mph. Governor Romney did not deliver a
typical “stump” speech and he certainly did not use a teleprompter. Te Gov- ernor spoke eloquently about energy policy and, in particular, carbon based energy policy (Keystone XL pipeline).
He discussed the importance of main- taining a low cost, electrical energy edge over foreign competition that is so vital to the foundry industry’s survival in this country. He spoke of specific items that were discussed in our business roundtable discussion that immediately preceded the tour and his speech, such as over regulation of small business. Tis was a group of 10 local business people, mostly connected to the shale gas industry, including myself, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and the medical doctor who spoke of the 37-page “change of address” form from Medicare/Medicaid to receive payment that took five months for approval. Te doctor had moved across town—same post office, same zip code. Gov Romney used this to contrast leviathan government inefficiency versus
Letter writer Michael Leib (right) with U.S. Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney
small business, competitiveness, efficiency and innovation.
Michael J. Leib, P.E. President
Weatherly Casting & Machine Hazleton Casting Company
14 | MODERN CASTING August 2012
Image courtesy of Alison Dryfoos-Mazzie, Sassafras Photography.
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